The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-07
THE CRUEL WAVES.

They Claim szany Victims During Recent
Gales-Numerous Wrecks on the Lakes
The Propeller California Founders on
st. Helena Island-Nine LIVES Lost
I1any Vessels Driven Ashore.
WRECK or THE CALIFORNIA.
MAcKINAw CRY. Mich, Oct. 5.-The worst
disaster that ever happened in the vicinity
OF the straits was the sinking Monday n gh5
OF the Canadian propeller California OF ST
Helena Island and the drowning OF nine
persons Among the lost are:
Ella 5. Pappas cabin maid; George Foley
purscr; Arthur Hazard, cabin boy; Robert
Grant, cabin boy: Xavier Dant a deck hand;;
Cornelius Connerton, OF Detroit a passenger;;
Minnie Memberry Of Saekett's Harbor, N Y;
supposed to be the name OF passenger. Two
others are missing and are supposed to have
been drowned.
The California left Chicago for Montreal
Saturday night at 10 o'clock. She had on a
cargo of 10000 bushels OF corn and 700
barrels of pork Her crew consisted OF
twenty-five persons, and in aStil. uOn sue
carried three passengers.
She encountered a heavy wind early Mon
day morning, off the Beavers, and at 4 p. M
the sea had increased so that is was impos-
sible to steer her, and 800 barrels of pork
We're thrown overheard, but without
helping her much About IL p M
when lust above St Helena Island
the sea broke in the gangways'
and put out the fires She then swung,
around in the trough of the sea and began
breaking up. The captain ordered the boats
lowered, but she was so badly listed that 1t
was impossible TO lower but one. The cap
tain went into the cabin to get the pas
sengers out but when he returned
found that the first mate and several men
had left with the boat The steamer
now began rapidly breaking up
and soon all hands were struggling in
the water. The captain and engineer
succeeded in getting boat loose from the;
wreck, and picked up the second
engineer, cook and one lady pas
senger Their boat drifted down along
side the propeller Folsom, which was
anchored under St Helena, and was
picked up and brought here. Ano boat
had succeeded in getting ashore near Point
LaBarbe The steamer Paxton picked up
one man who was drifting down the str 9Its
on some wreckage.
1t is probable that all of the bodies will be-
recovered, as the captain says every body
had on life-pres rver when the boat WENT
down. The shore for two miles above here
is strewn with wreckaga. A strict watch
will be kept for all bodies
WRECKS ALL ALONG THE SHORE
CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-Dispatches received
here from various points in Michigan re-
port the steam-barge Albion, the schOonehS
Ark, Wallu'a, Arctic, Pulaski, ]. G. KOlfage-
Reuben Dowd, Garibaldi and many others
ashore and badly damaged The crew of
the Kolfage arrived at Goderich Can, last
night They report having seen large I'M
known vessel founder on Lake Huron Mon
day. The crew was probably lost
ERIE, Pa, Oct ga schooner flying a
signal of distress was driven on reef off
Ripley yesterday afternoon. Six men We're
in the rigging when the vessel was last seen,
and the sea was breaking over the bull.
h The revenue cutter Perry has gone to her
rescue
SHEBoYGAN, Wis, Oct 5-No trace has:
been discovered of the missing scow May
flower and the schooner Emerald, which
were abandoned by the steam barge Thomas
H. Smith in the gale Sunday night. The
Mayfower had no sails, and WIS at the
mercy of the waves, and it is feared she Is
lost wi her crew of five men.
EIGHT FISHERMEN LOST
PROVIDENCE, Mass, Oct Six fishing
vessels from the Grand Banks arrived here
Monday, They report the gale OF Septem-
Der 3 as exceptionally severe and the loss.
of life as heavy After it was over, many
empty dories were seem One of the re-
turned vessels lost three men and another
lost five.